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(Updated: UPDATES that Indiana's lead in East slipped to two games in Para 3 ADDS that Stephenson's rebounds match career best in Para 3 CHANGES to 12 straight Indiana points in Para 4) Wizards 91, Pacers 78: John Wall tallied 20 points and eight assists and Marcin Gortat added 17 points and 12 rebounds as host Washington easily handled Indiana to move closer to clinching its first playoff berth in six years. Al Harrington scored 12 points in a reserve role as Washington won for only the second time in six games.

(Reuters) - Nine employees were injured Friday in a release of nitric acid from a 250 gallon tank at a Rolls-Royce aviation engine plant in Indianapolis, authorities said. Eight of the injured people were taken to hospitals and one person was treated at the scene, the Wayne Township Fire Department said on its twitter feed. All were in stable condition, it said. A "pressurized release" of nitric acid occurred on the manufacturing floor in one of the Rolls-Royce plants, company spokesman Joel Reuter said.

(Reuters) - General Electric Co will start building a $100-million jet-engine plant in Indiana later this year, the company's aviation unit said on Wednesday, expanding production to meet demand for its new engine. The plant in Lafayette will assemble the LEAP engine, which is a product of CFM International, a longtime joint venture of GE and France's Safran . CFM has orders for more than 6,000 LEAP engines, which are not scheduled to enter service until 2016. The LEAP will power new versions of widely sold single-aisle planes - the Airbus A320neo, Boeing's 737 MAX and China's COMAC C919.

Indiana will lose freshman forward Noah Vonleh to the NBA draft, and three other Hoosiers announced Monday that they are transferring out of the program. Forwards Jeremy Hollowell and Austin Etherington and walk-on guard Jonny Marlin all plan to transfer. The 6-foot-10 Vonleh averaged 11.3 points and nine rebounds for the Hoosiers, who missed the NCAA tournament this season. Indiana announced that Hollowell and Etherington are leaving and Marlin's father told the Indianapolis Star his son is transferring to a non-Division I program.

Indiana likes to tout itself as having a more hospitable business climate than Illinois, citing all the money problems Illinois politicians have gotten this state into. But one thing it seems Illinois pols have gotten right, from a business standpoint, is to make gay marriage legal. It's a stance more and more major companies are lining up behind - or at least are increasingly reluctant to line up against. Indiana's ban on gay marriage and on recognition of same-sex unions performed elsewhere can't help but make it less attractive to the growing number of companies wielding their economic clout in the name of inclusivity.

Stephen Baranyk and his wife, Susie Baranyk, drove some 200 miles, from Indianapolis to Naperville, on Thursday to tell me something important in front of hundreds of perfect strangers. He wanted Illinois to know that Indiana loves us just the way we are and that no matter what I've written in the past, Illinois should not alter its behavior one iota. "Don't change!" he insisted. We were enjoying a great breakfast at Butterfield's Pancake House at a Tribune readers event - we do them once or twice a year - where readers get to hang out, ask me questions and learn how to properly apply the moutza to any politician or others who may aggravate them.

Pacers 112, Pistons 104 (OT): Paul George had 30 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals as visiting Indiana recovered from a 25-point second-quarter deficit to slay Detroit. David West scored six of his 15 points in the extra session as the Pacers won their third straight game. Evan Turner added 20 points off the bench and fellow reserve Andrew Bynum contributed 15 points and nine rebounds in his second game with the club. Josh Smith scored 23 points and Rodney Stuckey added 19 for the Pistons, who lost for the ninth time in 11 games.

A woman's body discovered on Friday in Indiana was that of former Des Plaines resident Cathryn McGill who was swept away by floodwaters more than two months ago, officials said today. The Vanderburgh County Coroner determined that the body found near the Pike and Daviess County line yesterday was identified as McGill. An autopsy determined that the woman's cause of death was drowing, Indiana Conservation Officer Mike Keller said in a press release. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said that on Dec. 29, McGill, 31, was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by her husband, Adam McGill, when he tried to navigate floodwater in the state's southwestern corner.

A man who had worked as a Cook County correctional officer was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Friday in Lake County, Indiana, after being convicted of the road-rage killing of a man last year who had thrown a cup at his vehicle. The shooting happened at about 8 p.m. Aug. 8 outside the Horsehoe Casino in Hammond, according to court documents. Edgar Singleton Jr., 61, was sentenced on Friday in Lake County Superior Court in Indiana to 50 years in state prison. He was convicted on Feb. 21 after a four-day jury trial for the murder of Montrell Moss, 23, of East Chicago, Ind., according to court officials.

(Reuters) - Thirteen people filed a lawsuit on Friday urging a federal judge to overturn an Indiana law that bans gay marriage or recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, arguing that it violates their rights under the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit filed in Indianapolis federal court is the second challenge to Indiana's law filed in the past week and one of a series of cases brought by gay rights supporters around the United States. Gay marriage bans have been challenged in numerous states since a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June 2013 that requires the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages.